Sharon

SHARON — An informational talk about cohousing drew about 50 area residents to a meeting at Sharon Town Hall on Tuesday, Jan. 30. The meeting was led by architect Lynn Gaffney, who provided the information in an effort to measure potential interest.

A part-time Sharon resident, Gaffney said that she was hoping to inspire a core group to develop a cohousing complex. The core group would need to be passionate about seeing the project through from inception to reality.

The idea of cohousing comes from Denmark, where it began in the 1960s and 1970s, coming to California...

Sharon

SHARON — Husband and wife Richard and Roz Roney-Dougal, native Brits who have long dwelled stateside, have traded the glamor of the equestrian community in the American south for a life above the Mason-Dixon line in a region that reminds them a bit more of home.
“We’ve missed England, and the landscape here is so reminiscent of it,” Roz said. “It’s beautiful and we’re very, very glad we moved.”

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SHARON – The Sharon Playhouse has announced some new productions. But they are not at the theater. Instead, the “stages” are local homes, and the “performances” are a series of what the Playhouse is calling Salon Dinners — each with a theme.
There are two hands-on cooking-class salons. In one, Ryohei Yamamoto, a Sharon weekender who has been delighting his New York City clients with delicious food and amazing floral décor, will teach authentic Japanese cooking at his home.

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SHARON — “Don’t listen to the weatherman!” proclaimed Matt Andrulis Mette, director of Sharon’s Parks and Recreation Commission. Why the malice toward meteorologists? Andrulis Mette was standing on the Sharon Green on a sunny afternoon, Saturday, Aug. 5, knowing that all his plans had gone right — albeit just a little late.
Despite the fine weather, early forecasts of storms and showers had taken a visible toll on attendance for the annual summer Arts and Crafts Fair.

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SHARON — The eaglet that was rescued in Salisbury by Sharon Audubon after being abandoned by its family is doing well, reported Sunny Bettley, who is Audubon’s wildlife rehabilitator and outreach specialist.

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SHARON — The hallways were buzzing with activity at Sharon Hospital on Tuesday, Aug. 1, but happily not because of any kind of massive health incident.
On Tuesday, the hospital officially joined the Health Quest group. Administrative and medical staff were busy throughout the day changing their email addresses, getting new identification cards, doing all kinds of tedious paperwork.

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Last year, The Chore Service hosted its summertime silent and live auction festivities in antiques dealer and interior designer Michael Trapp’s East meets West inspired garden in Sharon, and it didn’t just rain — it poured. Yet the party went on, gin-and-tonics, Gucci slippers and plenty of varicolored umbrellas slick with drops.
Many quipped that all one would have to do to add a splash of water to a whiskey was hold the glass outside the tent.

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Imagine a life in the future devoid of human interaction, of everything from a friend’s embrace to the touch of a cashier carefully placing change in the palm of your hand.
In Courtney Maum’s new novel, “Touch,” the future is now, and isolation that has grown from a screen-obsessed culture has given way to a new kind of marketplace, where the warmth of a hug is as much of a commodity as an Uber ride.

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SHARON — The Hotchkiss Library of Sharon continues its tradition of enticing world-class authors to take part in its annual fundraising event on the first Friday of August.
More than 30 authors, some local, are participating in this year’s book signing, which will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 4, at the library. Admission is $40 per person. A free signing for children’s book will be held that afternoon from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.

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SHARON — The children at Sharon’s Little Rascals Summer Program took a break from swimming and playing on the sun-baked sand at Mudge Pond on Wednesday, July 19, and lay their towels down on the cool grass to welcome a few new friends, of the feathered variety.
Sunny Bettley, Sharon Audubon Center’s wildlife rehabilitator and outreach specialist, was there to give campers a very close to look at a selection of the center’s resident birds of prey.

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SHARON — A new mobile phone pole may improve cell service in Sharon if the town approves the plan. A preliminary proposal introduced the idea at the Tuesday, July 11, selectmen’s meeting.
“It is a little different from usual cell towers,” Brian Gaudet said, representing Mobilitie as a permitting manager, who arranges to erect towers. The proposed site would be behind Sharon Hospital.

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